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During the decades, like most people, I developed a love for music. I like various kinds of music but my favorites are: rock, orchestral music and pop music.

Here are some of my favorites:

In the English language rock category I have to mention U2 and Rush. While I confess to not being as intense of a their fan as I was when I was an adolescent both these bands have produced music that I truly really like during the past 5 years, even though I became a fan way way back in the 1980s.

English language metal-rock: I know this is old news, but Disturbed and Godsmack are my favorite 21st century newly discovered metal bands. I’m not a metal head either; at least, I don’t think of myself that way. In truth, I’m not sure that any of the band’s members are either but that’s what they do that seems to bring them in the most money. It may or may not be what any of them like the best.

Another one of my favorites is the adult daughter protégé of a famous Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar: Anoushka Shankar.

At this point, I wish to point out 2 other musicians specialized in one instrument as their expertise that I particularly like: neither are American. I have no idea of whether or not they speak much of any English but as their works are purely instrumental it doesn’t matter so much: Mitsuko Uchida’s Schubert Piano Sonatas, and Nikolaj Znaider‘s Bravo!

For classical symphonic music, I am fond of Mozart and Beethoven, possibly the most. Normally, however common my senses are, I tend to trust the major urban philharmonic orchestras to competently play the music of those composers to my satisfaction.

General Information

I’ve always loved music, and like most of my generation grew up listening to a lot of radio broadcasts. My father made sure I heard plenty of classical music, and my sister preferred classical and folk music. I have fairly broad tastes, but due to the thematic genre nature of commercial radio stations and my generation I mostly listened to forms of rock-n-roll.

Of the old stuff, I do appreciate Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley. I love the work that Cream did in just 2 years; I admire The Doors, Led Zeppelin and Jimmy Hendrix. I liked lots more than those, including, of course, The Beatles (that should just go without saying; that’s how great they were. In all seriousness, I loved them and even like the Monkeys/Monkees).

Of newer old stuff: Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, David Bowie. I got into that Flock of Seagulls song, and enjoyed a high volume of “one hit wonders” throughout the years. I loved the B52s and even the Go Go Girls. As a grown woman I learned to enjoy Peter Murphy and the Cure. I even like Elvis Costello and the Talking Heads. Oasis is one of the few 90s bands that I managed to notice.

Like everyone else, there have been so many more bands who put out at least some song or two that I liked but this gives you a good general idea.

This is mainly opinion and is just sharing some of my musical preferences with you all. You can decide how much or how little that tells you about me.

Damyanti Biswas is an author, blogger, animal-lover, spiritualist. Her work is represented by Ed Wilson from the Johnson & Alcock agency. When not pottering about with her plants or her aquariums, you can find her nose deep in a book, or baking up a storm.